Tom Norton Walnut Drawing Ink is made with artist grade pigments, not walnuts, and it is both lightfast and acid free. It is a well behaved ink that delivers fine hairlines and lovely tones and dries to a slight sheen. You will experience the rich walnut color and superior rendering capabilities loved by the world’s most famous artists knowing that you are using an archival ink.  Tom Norton Walnut ink acts like a watercolour because it always remains water-soluble.  You can layer to darken your tones or add water to lighten them, and you can also use a wet brush to lift colour.  

Calligraphers use it for its colouring properties and also like that it remains water-soluble even when dried so it easily washes out of their nibs. Encaustic artists use Walnut Drawing Ink for under painting on wood substrates because it is water soluble and soaks into the surface without sealing the wood.  Since the wood is not sealed it allows their wax paints to be absorbed into the wood and provide a good archival bond with the wood. Encaustic printmakers use it for the same reason so they can create unique drawings on their printing papers before making their encaustic prints. Pastelists use our ink for underpainting on sanded paper since it will not affect the paper’s texture. And, finally, artists in all media love to draw with it for its beautiful sepia tonal qualities.